Brandon Jacobs backtracks from comments about frustration

Posted by Josh Alper on October 11, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT

AP

49ers running back Brandon Jacobs expressed frustration at not playing in a game for the 49ers yet this season because he feels he’s totally recovered from the knee injury he suffered in the preseason.

Jacobs said that he was healthy enough to play in each of the last two 49ers games, but the team put him on the inactive list against both the Jets and the Bills. He also said that he would be very disappointed if he missed this weekend’s game against his former team.

He was singing a very different tune on Thursday. Jacobs said that he spoke with coach Jim Harbaugh, who seemed to be itching for a problem to deal with earlier this week, a couple of times in the last two days and that he no longer feels it is important for him to be on the field against the Giants.

“We ironed it out,” Jacobs said, via Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee. “We got it done. I understand where coach is coming from. Coach understands me with him playing football and understanding the athlete and the competitive nature of wanting to get out and help the team win. And not only that, against a former team. But in this case, the former team isn’t important. What’s is important is the long run.”

Jacobs also said that he while he could play right now, he no longer thinks that it would be smart for him to do so because he would rather be 100 percent healthy when he makes his return. Jacobs had a habit of expressing disgust or frustration with things during his time with the Giants only to do a similar backpedal a short time later. It would seem that we can put this into that category and move back to looking forward to seeing the Giants and 49ers play instead of listening to them talk.

First: “He would be very disappointed if he missed this weekend’s game” then: “he no longer thinks that it would be smart for him to do so because he would rather be 100 percent healthy”
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I’m guessing flip flops are his footwear of choice

This is a positive thing. Brandon Jacobs does seem like not so very smart of a person, but he actually put his brain to work and listened to somebody, processed what they said, and he’s making an effort to learn and become more intelligent instead of making decisions that are fueled by emotions as opposed to logic. It’s a step in the right direction and an improvement in himself. Good for him on thinking about it and working through it and becoming a slightly smarter man, and good for the coach in doing his job to help him out.